Orioles Announce 2026 Broadcast Team, Spring Training Broadcast Schedule

The Orioles announced Jan. 15 the Spring Training television and radio broadcast schedule, in addition to the club’s broadcast talent lineup for the 2026 season, featuring the addition of Josh Lewin, a longtime broadcaster who first got his start in Baltimore in 1994.

The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) will again serve as the exclusive home for all Orioles games for the 20th-straight season. The network will air 20 of the club’s Spring Training games, the most ever by an Orioles broadcast partner, including the exhibition game when the Orioles host the Washington Nationals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Sunday, March 22. Games will also be available on MASN+. The Orioles Radio Network will broadcast 12 games on Hearst’s 98 Rock and WBAL News Radio, the flagship station of the Orioles Radio Network, including the exhibition game at Oriole Park.

The complete Spring Training broadcast schedule can be found below:

DATEOPPONENTTIMENETWORK
Friday, February 20NYY1:05 p.m.MASN & WBAL Radio
Saturday, February 21PIT1:05 p.m.MASN, WBAL Radio & 98 Rock
Sunday, February 22at DET1:05 p.m.WBAL Radio & 98 Rock
Wednesday, February 25TB1:05 p.m.MASN
Thursday, February 26DET1:05 p.m.MASN
Saturday, February 28ATL1:05 p.m.MASN, WBAL Radio & 98 Rock
Sunday, March 1at BOS1:05 p.m.MASN, WBAL Radio & 98 Rock
Wednesday, March 4HOU1:05 p.m.MASN
Friday, March 6STL1:05 p.m.MASN
Saturday, March 7MIN1:05 p.m.WBAL Radio & 98 Rock
Sunday, March 8TOR1:05 p.m.MASN, WBAL Radio & 98 Rock
Monday, March 9at STL1:05 p.m.MASN
Tuesday, March 10at HOU1:05 p.m.MASN
Wednesday, March 11PIT1:05 p.m.MASN
Saturday, March 14at PIT1:05 p.m.MASN, WBAL Radio & 98 Rock
Sunday, March 15NYY6:05 p.m.MASN, WBAL Radio & 98 Rock
Monday, March 16BOS6:05 p.m.MASN
Wednesday, March 18at TOR1:05 p.m.MASN
Thursday, March 19PIT6:05 p.m.MASN
Friday, March 20BOS *Spring Breakout6:05 p.m.MASN
Friday, March 20at NYY6:35 p.m.WBAL Radio
Saturday, March 21PHI1:05 p.m.MASN, WBAL Radio & 98 Rock
Sunday, March 22WSH *at Oriole Park1:35 p.m.MASN, WBAL Radio & 98 Rock

The full talent lineup for the 2026 season follows:

KEVIN BROWN returns as the voice of the Orioles for his eighth season as member of the broadcast team and his fifth as the primary television play-by-play announcer for MASN.

BRETT HOLLANDER returns as a lead play-by-play announcer on Orioles Radio Network broadcasts for his seventh season with the club.

JOSH LEWIN enters his first year with the club while continuing out-of-season as the longtime play-by-play announcer for the UCLA football and men’s basketball teams. He returns to Birdland to serve as a play-by-play announcer on the Orioles Radio Network after filling in on Orioles radio broadcasts during the 1995 and 1996 seasons and hosting WBAL’s “Sports Line” show in 1994. He broadcasted games for the Chicago Cubs (1997), Detroit Tigers (1998-2001), Texas Rangers (2002-2011), New York Mets (2012-2018), and Boston Red Sox (2019). From 1996-2011, he was also a regular play-by-play commentator on FOX’s regional and national broadcasts. During his career, he has also called additional NFL, NHL, and college football and basketball games.

ROB LONG will continue to appear on MASN programming as a pre- and postgame show host. The 2026 season marks his eighth year as a member of the Orioles broadcast team.

Former Orioles pitcher BEN McDONALD will again bring his expert analysis to MASN telecasts in 2026 as an analyst. McDonald began making select appearances on MASN and the Orioles Radio Network in 2010 before joining the broadcast team full-time in 2018.

MELANIE NEWMAN returns for her seventh season with the Orioles broadcast team as a pre- and postgame show host on MASN.

National Baseball Hall of Famer and Orioles Legend JIM PALMER will return for his 34th season as a MASN analyst and his 63rd year as a member of the Orioles organization.

BEN WAGNER enters his third season with the O’s and will serve as a lead play-by-play radio announcer, also serving as the primary backup for television play-by-play.

Orioles Hall of Famer BRIAN ROBERTS will serve as an analyst on MASN for select games.

— Baltimore Orioles press release

Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Baltimore Orioles

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